The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-27
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters OF Money AMI Management
About Various Lines.


The iron for the CarrabelIe road will
shortly arrive at Carrabelle, Fla, when
work on the road will be commenced at
Carrabelle at once.
The Georgia Midland railroad will be fin
ished by Aug. %; the Columbus and
! Western railroad by Jan. /, 1855; the Co
lumbus Southern railway by Oct. /, 1883;
anil the Chattanooga Rome and Columbus
in eighteen months.
The Georgia Midland people say the track
will reach McDonough on the East Tennes-
see railroad by Saturday of this week. This
| means great deal for Columbus-new
routes to Norfolk and Charleston as ports,
and all that, you know.
The survey for the side track connection
between the Georgia Midland and the Cen
| trial railroads at Griffin has been made.
Work will begin so soon as the City Council
of Griffin has acted on the matter.
Poles are being delivered all along the
Georgia Midland railroad for the new tele-
graph line they will soon put up. This will
add much TO the convenience Of the public,
| and also add TO the business of the railroad
| company. Chief Engineer Greene and Mr..
ID. ". Champagne in charge Of construc-
ton Of buildings are now engaged in letting
contracts for all the section houses and
depots now unfinished on the Midland rail
road between Columbus and McDonough
A prominent official connected with the
Augusta and Chattanooga railroad said that
the Governors order in regard to the con
| vict camp will have no effect whatever on
the work of completing the Augusta and
| Chattanooga railroad. ''To the contrary"
said the gentleman, "the work will be
| greatly increased. At least 1000 convicts
| will he put TO work at an early date. The
| present camp will be moved into Columbia
county. When it is decided by which route
the road will be graded to the city the con-
| tract will be let out, the contractors not de-
| string to bring the convicts to the city" A
| proposition from the citizens of Dalton to
| give 100000 subscription if the road will
touch that point has been filed. The road
crosses the Marietta and North Georgia at
a point which will give them a short line to
Louisville.
Even If the PLANT company fails to
| build the railway connection from Thomas
vile TO Monticello, says the Monticello, Fla,
Constitution, we are inclined to think that
other parties will be happy to avail them
selves of the privileges we tender Col.
Mitchell, the President of the Augusta and
Sandersville railroad, who is among the
most enterprising railroad men of the
South proposes to extend his road to Thorn
asville, and from thence to the Gulf via.
Monticello. This road will be of greater
advantage to this country, than branch to
nah, and will be a shorter and more direct
route to the northern markets Col. Mitch
ellis plans are about perfected, and he will
not require six or eight months to survey a
route. He will complete q road in less time
than is required by some engineer corps to
make survey.
The people of Atlanta raised a subscrip-
ton of about 5000, 600 for the Atlanta and
Hawkinsville road. Instead of wasting this
and rushing bonds TO sale on projected
road, they put up 100000 in cash, graded
the road, bought steel rails and offered bonds
on road actually built. They then sold
their bonds at IA low but fair price, naively
remarks the Constitution. "At the price
they will make back the money they in
vested and have a safe and handsome profit
besides" This investment can be repeated
adds the Constitution: 1.-THE same com
pany that has put the Atlanta and Haw-
| kinsville through, can organize this fall
| a company to build the road to Eatonton
| and Waynesboro, which will materialize
Atanta's projected line from the Mississippi
| to the Atlantic. The Atlanta and Hawkins
| vile will have the richest and heaviest local
trade of any road running into Atlanta.
| When its affairs are fairly in shape, and its
work done, a construction company, with a
capital of 81 ,000, 600 can be raised in At
lanta to build the Atlanta, Mississippi and
| Atlantic.
Charleston Daily Sun: The people of
| Knoxville, Tenn, and Greenville, s. c.,
and the intervening counties of Tennessee
and North Carolina. are in earnest in their
purpose to build railroad from Knoxville
to Augusta, with the design of extending it
to deep water at Port Royal The road is
not in the air. More than 100 miles of it,
from Augusta to a point fourteen miles be-
low Greenville, is graded and ready for the
| trestles bridges, crossties and rails A
responsible construction company has of
| fered TO take the securities PROMISED and
complete the grading and equipment of the
I line. 1t will not be good for Charleston TO
have railroad from Knoxville and the
Northwest direct across the mountains,
crossing this State diagonally aud finding
harbor at Port Royal If the Western peo-
| pie build the road they will use it for COM
munication with deep water, and will get
the value of their money out of it, There
are ten men in Charleston who could secure
the detection of this road TO this city by
liberal personal subscriptions and promise
of business There are hundred men here
in business who could afford TO invest 81, 900
piece in the road, and insure its building
and terminal point at the wharves of this
| CITY